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Gmina Walce, German Gemeinde Walzen is a rural
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
(administrative district) in
Krapkowice County
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Krapkowice County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 199 ...
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Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship ( , , ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Silesia. A relatively lar ...
, in south-western
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Walce (Walzen), which lies approximately south of
Krapkowice
Krapkowice (; ; ) is a town in southern Poland with 16,301 inhabitants (2019), situated in the Opole Voivodeship, straddling both banks of the Oder River at the point where it joins with the Osobłoga. It is the regional capital of Krapkowice Cou ...
and south of the regional capital
Opole
Opole (; ; ; ) is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia. With a population of approximately 127,387 as of the 2021 census, it is the capital of Opole Voivodeship (province) and the seat of ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 5,438. Since 2006 the commune, like much of the area, has been bilingual in German and Polish, a large German population remaining in the area after Silesia was partitioned to Poland.
Administrative divisions
The commune contains the villages and settlements of:
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Walce
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Antoszka
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Brożec
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Brzezina
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Ćwiercie
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Czerniów
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Dobieszowice
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Grobla
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Grocholub
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Kromołów
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Krzewiaki
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Marianków
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Posiłek
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Przerwa
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Rozkochów
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Rybarze
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Stradunia
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Swornica
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Zabierzów
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Walce is bordered by the gminas of
Głogówek
Głogówek (, , , ) is a small historic town in southern Poland. It is situated on the Osobloga River, in Opole Voivodeship of the greater Silesian region. The city lies approximately from Opole, the capital of the voivodeship, and is about fro ...
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Krapkowice
Krapkowice (; ; ) is a town in southern Poland with 16,301 inhabitants (2019), situated in the Opole Voivodeship, straddling both banks of the Oder River at the point where it joins with the Osobłoga. It is the regional capital of Krapkowice Cou ...
,
Reńska Wieś and
Zdzieszowice
Zdzieszowice (; , 1936–1945: ''Odertal O.S.''; ) is a town in Krapkowice County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudet ...
.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Walce is
twinned with:
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Kobylnica, Poland
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Malá Morávka
Malá Morávka () is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Malá Morávka consists of two municipal parts (in brackets populatio ...
, Czech Republic
References
{{Krapkowice County
Walce
Krapkowice County
Bilingual communes in Poland
de:Walzen (Oberschlesien)#Gemeinde